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Adjourning on time: Promise or pressure?

Robert C. Harris Association Management

Some board members are eager to depart before the meeting is adjourned. Is the promise of ending on time too much pressure? Directors must realize they are fiduciaries making decisions on behalf of the membership. They have to be present to fulfill their duties. To complete the work, a meeting should be well-organized, strategic, and have each person’s time valued. There are ways to stay on track and end in a timely manner.

Why competition is good for you — and your legacy

Alan Weiss Business Management, Services & Risk Management

We all compete. And we do it much more frequently than we believe or admit to. We've all witnessed the bedlam that breaks loose when a plane lands and reaches the gate. The pilot signals with a bell that we can rise, and everyone leaps to their feet to access the overhead luggage. Our competition can reach cringeworthy levels. But not all of it is bad. When competition is overt, unabashed, unashamed, and focused, it can be good for your health, good for your soul, and good for the legacy you create daily. In effect, competition gives our lives meaning in six distinct ways.

COVID-19 accelerated change. How do you stay ahead moving forward?

Philip Burns and William Putsis Business Management, Services & Risk Management

The COVID-19 pandemic was a catalyst that accelerated change in almost every industry. What used to take some companies five years to accomplish remarkably took them only five months during the pandemic. From at-home grocery retailing to working at home virtually, companies digitized their businesses and changed how they delivered services at unprecedented rates. While some companies were better positioned to deal with the challenges the pandemic presented, others struggled. Given this, consider three relevant questions for all business leaders in the context of their own organization and industry.

A look at how the restaurant business has shifted during the pandemic

Bambi Majumdar Food & Beverage

It has been a whole year of pandemic craziness, bringing a wave of deaths, health issues, and unprecedented economic loss. While most industries suffered heavily, restaurants perhaps got the very worst of it. One major area of revenue for restaurants came from office workers during lunch or happy hours. Restaurants that cater to the office crowd have gone through a harrowing year. With many of their clienteles working from home for the past year, a significant portion of their business vanished into thin air. As fewer people go to a physical workplace now and in the future, some will have to rethink their entire business strategy.

Infographic: Understanding eminent domain

Brian Wallace Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

One of the basic understandings of the American dream is having a house and land. What if the government then came along and tried to take your land? If you own land, you need to know your rights when it pertains to eminent domain. This is happening across the nation. Eminent domain has roots based on the Fifth Amendment, and grants the government the rights to seize private property without the owner's consent — with two main points: as long as the government provides just compensation and claims for public use, it is permissible. Find out more with this visual deep dive.

5 helpful hints for teaching business ESL

Douglas Magrath Education

Business ESL falls under English for specific purposes as learners make the transition from general language to the specific varieties necessary in their future lines of work. The language taught in ESL classes needs to be relevant to the students’ interests. For business students, they need to get hands-on experience with the various aspects of the field and go beyond mere textbook examples. Here are some ideas that current teachers can use to help second language learners with business writing.

5 behaviors that make (or break) global relationships

Paula Caligiuri, Ph.D. Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Whether you’re working on assignment in a foreign country or hosting Zoom conferences with teams around the world, your ability to build relationships can make or break your business success. In some cultures, the strength of a relationship indicates your trustworthiness as a business partner — and building the relationship depends on five key behaviors.

Why your team is drowning in data instead of actionable insights

Ruben Ugarte Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Your data follows a similar pattern to Moore’s law. It doubles every few months. You might not even see the doubling, but your team is experiencing the effects of this exponential growth. Drowning in data isn’t the goal of any company. Every executive wants to use data to make better decisions and drive business outcomes. So how do teams end up in the deep end of the pool without a floating device? There are four reasons why teams fail to get insights out of their data. Let’s examine each one.

The ultimate guide for making the perfect educational video

Victor Blasco Marketing

At the beginning of the pandemic, some of the changes brought by lockdown felt temporary. But, as time passes on, we realize that many of them are here to stay — like using digital platforms to work and learn from home. The rise of educational videos has also become part of the new normal, an increasingly popular tool for brands that want to engage with their customers while also teaching them something valuable. However, creating a flawless educational video is an art form. In this piece, I'm going to guide you through some important steps towards creating that ideal educational video.

Infographic: How AI will lead to better hiring and more diversity

Brian Wallace Business Management, Services & Risk Management

By now, we have all heard about how important diversity is for business. The question is: how do we get there? Many of us don't realize it, but the way that companies typically hire has a level of unseen, unconscious bias. Recruiters and hiring managers alike make decisions based on a candidate's name, profile picture, even their address. How can we hire from a more diverse base of candidates with all of this bias in the way? The answer is artificial intelligence. Check out more on how hiring through AI leads to better diversity decision-making in this visual deep dive.

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